VANISH MAGIC BACK ISSUES Paul Daniels Edition | Page 6

FROM THE EDITOR Paul Romhany editor@vanishmagazine.com www.vanishmagazine.com We have almost wrapped up our New Zealand trip and heading back home to Canada early February. It’s been great to catch up with so many of my Kiwi magician friends who I grew up with, and making new ones. If you ever get the chance to attend an International magic convention in New Zealand I highly recommend it. It is an honor to have legendary magician Paul Daniels on the cover of this issue. As a young boy growing up in New Zealand I would eagerly wait for Sunday nights so I could watch The Paul Daniels Magic Show on television. I finally got to meet and work with Paul at the Tyneside Magic Convention in the UK and he certainly lived up to my expectations. There is no doubt he is one of the greatest magicians in the history of magic, and has given so much to help increase the popularity of our craft. Ben Robinson has put together an incredible article on Paul and Debbie and because of his friendship with these icons he was able to get a very personal and open interview. Ben also contributes a VERY important article on magic and stealing. This is an article I hope you all read and give you food for thought next time somebody asks if they can “borrow” a recent download you bought. We also have some great articles on using Social Media and welcome new contributor Erik Dobell who will introduce us to SnapChat. I know that Social Media has been The photo on the right was taken at the Auckland Convention when I again worked with Paul. The performers on stage that night were John Carney, Pop Haydn, myself and Paul Daniels. 6 VANISH - International Magic Magazine www.VanishMagazine.com a major part of getting VANISH readership over the 100,000 mark so quickly and heading up to 200,000 readers before long. I also have friends who have made some good money with their YouTube hits as a passive income. Knowing HOW to use this type of medium is important practice for magicians today. Finally thank you to the team at Murphy’s Magic for helping get VANISH out to most major magic dealers. Please support our advertisers by clicking the links and seeing what wondeful magic they have to offer. Next issue will come from B.C, Canada when we will be home. Paul Romhany